1892 Map of Chef Menteur

About this map

Orleans and St Tammany parishes meet in this late 19th-century coastal survey, showing a landscape defined by expansive Prairie and critical transportation corridors. The map focuses on the eastern approaches to New Orleans, where the Louisville and Nashville Railroad and the New Orleans and North Eastern Railroad traverse the wetlands. These rail lines provided the primary land links between the city and the Gulf Coast, passing through small outposts like Lee and Micheaud.